Exhibiting and viewing apparatus



Oct. 3, 1.939. M. s. cRoFT yEXHIBITING AND VIEWING APPARATUS FiledA May 17, 1957 45"" -line 2*'2, Figure 1, looking vin the direction of 5o thearrows.

. mensa oca' s, 1939 'UNITED sTATEs PATENT ortica EXHIBITING .AND VIEWDIG APPARATUS Martin s. oma, chicago, nl. Application 17,1937, Serial No. 142,956

l 3 claims.

' l0 facilitates the viewing of such material in a fully lighted room as in broad daylight, thus enabling the observer to make notes as the picture is being viewed.

Furthermore, this improved apparatus is compact in construction and portable, so that it may be readily transported from place to place, as

may be necessary or desirable, thus providing a.

motion picture viewing, apparatus which may be used in any home and Yschool room, without di..- arranging or darkening the room.

Another feature of the invention. is that it provides a viewing and exhibiting apparatus into which most of the conventional projection machines now on the market, and particularly any 16\ mm. motion picture projector, may be inserted, thereby increasing the usefulness of such available equipment.

A furtherv object is to provide improvedmeans whereby the image willbe enlarged and the various parts of the apparatus are so disposed with respect to each other that the enlarged image will be produced in a short distance and within -a compact and comparatively small apparatus. To the attainment of these ends and the accomplishment of other new and useful objects as will appear, the invention consists in .the

features of novelty in substantially the construction, combination and arrangement of the several parts' hereinafter more fully described and claimed and shown inthe accompanying drawing illustrating this invention, ,and in which Figure 1 is a Vertical sectional view of anapparatus of this character constructed in accordance with the principles of this invention.

Figure 2 Ais a vertical sectional view taken on the arrows.

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 3,-3, Figure 1, looking in the direction of The apparatus consists essentially of a b'o'x or housing I0 which may be of any desired size I and' conguration and is provided' with a partition,

Il dividing the same vinto twol'ichambers IZ-II;

53 the chamber I2 constitutes a projection apparatus chamber, and is provided with an opening I4 in one wall thereofto permit insertion of the apparatus and to also permit access thereto.

Such opening is closed by means of a suitable4 closure l5. Y

The chamber I3 contains the viewing and reilecting mechanism and in this chamber'there is provided a horizontal support IG which is mounted upon the partition-II and projects for a. substantial distance therebeyond.V This sup-1.1 port I6 is spaced above the bottom o the cham-- ber, and mounted upon the support and preferably incontact with the partition II is a trame i' Il vin which is mounted a concaved mirror or reector I8. The reflector 'I8 terminates short ll of the top of the chamber and a wall I9 extends' from the upper part of the frame Il towardand terminates adjacent 'the front wall 20 of .the chamber, and the wall I9 preferably inclines upwardly and outwardly from the top of the mirror or reector I8. f

The mirror I8 is of suitable size and isso arranged and inclined to the vertical that it re' ceives the image from the screen.

The front wall 20 is provided with a view open- 25 ing 2|, of any desired size, whichA is disposed in the upper part ofthe wall. A shelf or shield 22 is carried by the front 'wall 20 and' projects lat# erally therefrom and into the chamber I3v for any desired distance, the shield being disposed 30 4adjacent the lower edge of the view openingv 2I Beneath the shield 22 is a screen 23 of any `desired type and construction, and thisgscreen is'at and preferably maintained in position by means of a frame 24. The screen terminates a 35 considerable distance above the bottom 25 of the chamber or compartment I3, and disposed below the screen is a frame 26 in which is arranged a E iiat mirror or reector 2l, the reflector being arranged in a plane inclined to the vertical.` 40

Within the chamber I3 and preferably adjacent the partition II and in alinement with the mirror or reector 2l, is arranged another iiat mirror or reector 28 which is held in position by means of a suitable frame or support 29. The reflector 28 is also arranged in a plane inclined to the vertical, and is disposed in' alinement and spaced from 'the mirror or reector 21. The screen 23 is arranged at such an angle as to partially correct the distortion of the image created by the variations in the reflecting-angles of the reflectors 21-28. k f

Within the chamber or compartment i 2 is arranged a suitable projection. apparatus which may be of any suitable type and construction, in 55..

the present exemplication of the invention being diagrammatically illustrated as a projection apparatus having a projecting lens 30 which is arranged adjacent an opening I in the partition II, and which opening 3I is arranged beneath the shelf or support I6 and above the reector or mirror 28. l

The lens in the projection apparatus is so positioned with respect to the opening 3l that the image projected therefrom will be directed against the mirror or reflector 2l and it is then refiected to the'mirror 28, the latter reflecting the image The image thus projected chamber will not be reflected. The partition 22.

is disposed above the screen v23 tok prevent external light rays which enter through the view opening 2I, from` falling upon the screen, thusv resulting in the productionv of a sharply defined image on the screen.

The projecting apparatus is preferably mountedupon a support 32, which may be of any suitable character` so as to provide -a firm support and proper positioning of the projection vappara.- tus in alinement with the reflector 21.

To that end there may be provided sockets or tubular members 33-34 secured tothe bottom 35 of the chamber I2. 'Projections 36-.31` may be secured to thebottom of the support 32, and these projections 36-31 respectively telescope into the tubular members 33 and 34, so that the support 32 may be raised or. lowered with respect to the bottom 35 of the chamber, and when adjusted the parts may be held in vsuch adjusted position 'by means of lclamping devices, such as thumb nuts 38-39, which latter co-operate with the projections 36-31.

It will therefore be manifest that with this improved apparatus a. large image will be produced by means of a plurality of reectors and screen properly disposed within a relatively compact space. l While the preferred form of the invention has been herein shown and described, it is Ato be understood that various changes maybe made in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, within the scope of thevclaims, `without departing from the spirit of this invention.

What is claimed as'new is: 1. An apparatusjof the character described embodying a housing cabinet having two compartments separatedl by a. transverse partition, a projection device in one compartment, aprojection aperture in the partition inI optical alinement with the projector, a pair of'opposed plane mirrorsl in the second compartment in optical alinement with the projector, a projection screen adjacent the front wall of the second compartment, asupporting platform on the partition positioned above the projection aperture and extending into the second compartment, a concave mirror supported by said platform with the said screen at one conjugate focus thereof, and a view opening in the front wall of the said second compartment positioned above said screen whereby an enlarged image of the picture projected on the screen may be viewed by any observer looking through said view opening toward said concave mirror.

2. An apparatus of the character described embodying a housing cabinet having two compartments separated by a transverse partition, Aa.

projection device in one compartment, a-projection aperture in the partition in optical alinement with theprojector, a pair of opposed plane mirrors in the second compartment in optical alinement with the projector, a projection screen adjacent the front wall of the second compartment,V a supporting platform on the partition positioned above the projection aperture and extending into the second compartment, a concave mirror supported bysaid platform with the said screen at one conjugate focus thereof, a view opening in the front wall of the said second compertinent positioned above said screen whereby an enlarged image of the picture projected on the screen may be viewed by an .observer looking through said view opening toward said concave mirror, and a shield projecting from the wall adjacent which said screen is disposed, said shield being disposed above the screen and extending into the said second compartmentto protect said screen-from light rays entering the said view opening.

3. An apparatus of the character described embodying a housing cabinet having two compartments separated by a transverse partition, a projection device in one compartment, a projection aperture in the partition in optical alinement with the projector, a pair of opposed plane mirrors in the second compartment in optical alinement with the projector, a projection screen adjacent the front wall of the second compartment, a supporting platform on the partition positioned above the projection aperture and extending into the second compartment, a concave mirror supported by said platform with the said screen at one conjugate focus thereof, a view opening in the front Wall of the said second compartment positioned above said screen whereby an enlarged image of the picture projected on thescreen may be viewed by an observer looking through said view opening toward said concave mirror, said lens with respect to the front mirror. 1

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